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DW book expert David Levitz on 'You are Not Like Other Mothers' by Angelika Schrobsdorff

Berlin is supposed to be the coolest city in Europe. But hate and violence are destroying this place. Does that sound unbelievable? Unfortunately not: The year is 1938 in "You are Not Like Other Mothers" by Angelika Schrobsdorff.

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